Lot
198

A painting of a nobleman playing Holi

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY

A painting of a nobleman playing Holi
India, Rajasthan, 19th century
The king astride a brown stallion, wearing a pale blue angarkha and flinging colored water from a bag towards the women in his family, all on a marble terrace stained with colors, the sky and two trees visible at top
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
14½ x 19¾ in. (36.8 x 50.2 cm.), folio